WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), chairman of the Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee, will convene a field hearing entitled “Pipeline Safety: State and Local Perspectives” on Friday, September 18th at 10:00 a.m. MT/Noon ET at Montana State University, Billings. Subcommittee member Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) will also attend […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation chairman Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Wi-Fi Innovation Act (S. 424) sponsors and committee members Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today announced a consensus path forward for determining the feasibility of sharing the valuable spectrum in the 5.9 GHz band to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation chairman Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), in a letter sent yesterday, called on President Barack Obama to, “nominate, without delay, a qualified, experienced, and dedicated individual of high character and integrity to serve […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate, today, unanimously approved S. 1297, the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, introduced by Commerce Committee Space, Science, and Competitiveness Subcommittee chairman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), full committee ranking member Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Space, Science, and Competitiveness Subcommittee ranking member Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and subcommittee members Marco […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement on Senate passage of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, which includes significant safety and regulatory reforms put forward by the committee. The bill passed by a […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, spoke on the Senate floor earlier today regarding the provisions in the underlying transportation reauthorization bill that focus on needed reforms to Amtrak and commuter railroads across the country. These bipartisan provisions will help to ensure adoption […]